סַלּוּÇallûw
סַלּוּ: proper name, masculine: a priest, Zerubbabel's time (Nehemiah 12:7; Nehemiah 12:20)
Pronunciation: sal-loo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5543
Meanings
סָלוא: proper name, masculine: a Simeonite (Numbers 25:14)
סַלּוּא: proper name, masculine: a post-exilic Benjamite (1 Chronicles 9:7; Nehemiah 11:7)
סַלַּי: 1. = סַלּוּ (Nehemiah 12:20)
2. a Benjamite (Nehemiah 11:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 25:14 The Israelite man killed with the Midianite woman was named Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
- 1 Chronicles 9:7 From the tribe of Benjamin came Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;
- Nehemiah 11:7 From the tribe of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah.
- Nehemiah 11:8 After him were Gabbai and Sallai and a total of 928 relatives.
- Nehemiah 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:20 Kallai was leader of the family of Sallu. Eber was leader of the family of Amok.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).